Lamp attachment for automobiles or the like.



` UNITED sTATns PATENT WILLIAM ELWELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNRWGTHE FIRM OF PEIRCE,

FISHER' c CLAPP, 0F CHICA-G0, ILNOIS.

LAMP ATTACHMENT FOR AUTMOBILES WTHE LIKE.

Speecationof Letters Patent.

rateeaan. 23,1912.

Application led .Tune 2, 1911. Serial No. 630,937.

To all whom 'it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, lVrLLmM R. ELweLr., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Lamp Attachments -for Automobiles 'or the Like, of which the following is a full,'clear,. and exact description.

The invention relates to lamp attachments.

light therefrom in any direction in a -horizonta'l plane,;and also tilted .abouti a horizontalaxis'to throw the beam of light up or down hill whilethe automobile remains on level ground. d f- A The; invention consists in the features of ,-'iil-frovement hereinafter setv forth, illustited inthe preferred form in the accompartyingdrawingsand more particularly pintedgout in the appended claims.

-';=In thdrawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of -th'e -front end of an automobile with the ved attachment applied thereto. Fig.

2rsavertical section of the attachment on Figs. 2'and The improved attachment comprises a lamp bracket which is preferably forked land consists of side'arms 1 which are connected adjacent their lower ends by an integral curved cross bar 2. The lower ends lof the side arms are curved inwardly toward each-other and are connected by a pair of horizontal pivot bolts 3 to a T-shaped head Thhead 4fis mounted upon a suitable 'a lsupport-to rotate about a vertical axis. This supeport preferably comprises a longitudinal 'tu lor casing 5 of rectangular cross section -and :which 1s mounted in horizontal position at the front'endand at one side of the auto mobile.` The supportin casing 5 is' heldin positionat one side o lthe hood. 6 of the automobile by a pair of bracketsor clips l7 'fixed to the lower sideportion of the hood and adjacent its4 ends. The casing. is arranged to slide longitudinally through the clips-or brackets 7 and its rear .end extends through Ian opening in the dash-board of the automobile and within convenient reach of the driver of the machine.

The lamp 9 mounted on the lamp bracket may be of any suitable Jr'orn'i. Such lamps are usually provided with perforated side lugs 10 whiclrare adapted .to engage the side arms 1 of the forked bracket and be connected thereto by set screws ll. The

lower inwardly curved ends of the side arms 1 of the lamp supporting bracket are preferably provided with a pair of leaf springs 12 which are fixed to the upper faces of the lower end portions of the arms and extend inwardly over and bear upon'the upper face of the head 4. These springs prevent. the wabbling of the bracket and lamp Supported thereby about the horizontal pivot bolts 3.

The lower portion of the T-head is journaled in the upper wall of the casing 5 at the forward end thereof. A shaft 13 extends axially through the head 4- and between the horizontal pivot bolts 3. The lower end ofthe. shaft 13 is journaled in the lower horizontal wall of the supporting casing 5.- Its upper end projects above the'head. 4 and is provided with a laterally projecting crank arm. 14 which is connected to the lampbracket to tilt the same. ln the" preferredV arrangement shown, the crank arm 14 is provided at its end with an upwardly proj'cting pin 15 which extends through a slot 416 .in vthe cross har 2 of the lampbracket.

By rotating the head 4, the. lamp bracket and lamp 'supported thereby are rotated about a vertical axis, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4. and by rotating the shaft 13, the lamp bracket and lamp thereon can be tilted, as .indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 4. The pin I5 loosely engages the slot 16 to permit. this tilting movement, but the bracket. is ordinarily securely held in up? right position and lprevented from wabbling by theengagement of the leaf springs 12 with the upper face'of the head 4.

The tubular supporting casing 5 is preferably provided at its outer end with a cap 17 and at its inner end with a cap 18.. A

sprocket wheel 19 is fixedto the lower end I i shifter rod 24 extendsthrough the supporting casing 5- an'd the outerY upturned' end of this rod engages the pin 23.

A laterally projecting arm 25'is fixed to the shaft 13 below the sprocket wheel 19 and is engaged by the forward end of a shifter rod A26 which extends longitudinally through the casing 5. The shifter rods 24 and 26 are preferably rectangular in section and at their rear ends extend through a pair of guide sleeves 27 in the cap plate 18. The cap plate is providedwith an upwardly and rearwardly projecting handle 28 and the shifter rods are provided with u'pward-ly and outwardly projecting handles 29.

The parts are ordinarily positioned to hold .the lamp 9 in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1. By means of the handle 28, the driver of the machine can shift and 26.

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the casing 5, lamp bracket and lamp carried thereby forwardly, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The lamp bracket and lamp supported thereby are then in position to clear the mud guardO over thel adjacent front wheel 3l and can be rotated about 'ahorizontal axis and tilted abolita horizontal axis by manipulating the shifter rods 24:

The shifter rod 24 moves the chain 22 back and forth and thus rotates the head 4 and parts carried thereby, while the shifter rod 2G oscillates the shaft 13 and through the medium' of the crank 14 on the shaft, tilts the bracket and lamp, as indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 4. rlhe rear ends of the shifter rods are preferably provided wit-h a series of notches 32 which are arranged to be engaged by catches 33 to hol'd the. rods in set position. The supporting casing 5 is provided adjacent its forward. 'end with a pairof depending stop lugs 34 which cooperate with the front. clip or bracket. 7 to limit the 'longitudinal morement'ot theY supporting casingl 5 and .the lamp bracket mounted thereon.

Any suitable form of lamp can be used with the. improvml attachment and the lat.- ter is so const ructcd that. the driver of the Imachine can manipulate the lamp in any desired manner.

lt.. is obvious that numerous changes may be made in the details set forth without de. Imi-ture from the essentials of the invention as defined in the claims.

I claim as my invention l. l'n lamp attachments for automobiles` and the like, the con'ibination of a suitable support. aliead mounted on said support to rotate. about a vertical `axis, a lamp supporting bracket horizontally pivoted at. its lower end to said head, a vertical shaft extending axially through said head and a. crank -arm on the upper endol= said shaft connected to said bracket for tilting the same, substanas described. t 2. In' lamp attachments for automobilesv and the like, the combination of a suitable support, a head mounted on said support to rotate about a vertical axis, a lamp supporting bracket horizontally pivoted at itsA lower end to said' head, a vertical shaft extending axially through said head and provided with a crank arm at its upper end having a pin and slot connection with said bracket for tilting the same, and means for rotating said head and said shaft, substantially as` described.

3. 1n lamp attachments for automobiles and the like, the combination of a suitable support, a head mounted on said support to rotate about a vertical axis, a forked, lamp supporting bracket comprising connected side arms horizontally pivoted on said head, a shaft'extending axially through said head and having a crank arm at its upper end connected. to said forked bracket', for tilting the same, and means for rotating said head and said shaft, substantially as described.'

4. In lamp attachments for automobiles and the like, the combination of a suitable support, a head mounted on said support to rotate about a vertical axis, a forked, lamp supporting bracket comprising side arms and a connecting cross-bar between the lower ends of said arms, horizontal pivot bolts connecting the lower ends of said arms to said head, a shaft extending axially through said head and between saidl pivot bolts, and a crank arm on the upper end of said shaft having a pin-and-slot connection with thel cross-bar of said bracket, substantially asy described.

In lamp attachments for automobiles and the like, the combination of a support, a; head mounted on said support to rotate upon Va vertical axis, a forked lamp-supporting bracket comprising connected side arms horizontally pivoted on said head, a shaft extending axially through said head, a crank arm on the upper end of said shaft connected to .said bracket., a sprocket wheel on said head, an idler sprocket on said support, a chain connecting said sprocket wheels, an arm on the lower end of said shaft' and a pair of shifterV rods connected respectively to said arm and said chain, substantial-ly as described. v

6. In lamp attachments for automobiles and the like` the combination of a longitudinally shiftable support, a headmounted on the forward end of said supportl to rotate on a vertical axis, a lamp supporting bracket horizontally pivoted on the head, a shaft extending axially through said head and connected at its upper end to said bracket to tilt the same, and a pair of longitudinal shifter rods on said support connected respectively to said head and to said support, abstantially as described.

7. In lamp attachments for automobiles and the like, the combination of a longitudinally shiftable support, a head mounted on the forward end of said vsupport to rotate on' a vertical axis, a forked, lamp-supporting bracket comprising conneetedt side arms horizontally pivoted at their blower ends on saidhead, a shaft extending axially throughv said head, a crank arm on the upper end of said shaft having a pin-and-slot connection In lamp attachments yfor automobiles and the like, the combination With a longitudinal shiftable, supporting casing,' a headI rotatably mounted at the forward end of 20' said casing to rotate. on a Vertical axis, a

lamp-supporting bracket horizontally pivoted upon said head outsideoi:I said su porting casing, a shaft extending axiallyt rough sald head and connected at its upper end to said bracket to tilt the same, and a pair of longitudinal shifter rods extending through said casing and operatively connected rer'spectively to said head and said shaft, substantially as described.` v

` .l WILLIAM' R. ELWELL. Witnesses: 4

ELEANOR HAGANOW, i l KATH'ARINE Gann/aon. 

